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The Wednesday Wars
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This Newbery Honor tale is now in paperback!
Holling Hoodhood is really in for it.
He's just started seventh grade with Mrs. Baker, a teacher he knows is out to get him. Why else would she make him read Shakespeare . . . outside of class?
The year is 1967, and everyone has bigger things than homework to worry about. There's Vietnam for one thing, and then there's the family business. As far as Holling's father is concerned, nothing is more important than the family business. In fact, all of the Hoodhoods must be on their best behavior at all times. The success of Hoodhood and Associates depends on it. But how can Holling stay out of trouble when he has Mrs. Baker to contend with?
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Item Specifications...
Pages 272
Dimensions: Length: 7.5" Width: 5.1" Height: 0.8"
Weight: 0.5 lbs.
Binding Softcover
Release Date May 18, 2009
ISBN 054723760X
EAN 9780547237602
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Availability 234 units.
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 | The Wednesday Wars Dec 11, 2009 |
| This book by: Gary D. Schidmit is about a boy named Holling Hoodhood. Every Wednesday afternoon half of his class goes to Hebrew school and the other half to Catholic school. He is Pesbytarian,so he goes to neither. He has to stay with his teacher, Mrs. Baker. At first she makes him do chores around the classroom, but then decides to have him read Shakesphere. His Dad is an achictect and hopes for him to take over the family busness when he's older. | | |  | Review of The Wednesday Wars Nov 10, 2009 |
I tagged this book as YA but I think it's got a message for both adults and young alike.
Before reading the book I read reviews, both good and bad, and what seemed to be a re-occuring theme was the idea that this was more a book about the author reflecting, as an adult, what being in 7th grade was like. And I understand that. At times, it made sense - as how could he have written such a wonderful portrait of Mrs. Baker as he did without having the wisdom of an adult.
So while some might think the book is about Holling, I think it's about Mrs. Baker and the amazing strength, wisdom and devotion a teacher has to have for his or her students in order for them to learn - despite every effort being made not to learn.
It takes a special kind of person to be a teacher and to mold and shape young lives. If every kid out there had a Mrs. Baker in their lives the world would definitely be a better place. | | | | Uplifting, coming-of-age story set during the Vietnam war about a seventh-grade boy that relates to life through Shakespeare. Oct 26, 2009 |
It's 1967 when Holling Hoodhood, an average, everyday, run-of-the-mill preteen boy, enters middle school as a seventh grader at Camillo Junior High. He, his younger sister, and his parents live in, as his architect father calls it, "the Perfect House." Unfortunately, due to his family's religion preference (Presbyterian), he must remain in class with Mrs. Baker on Wednesday afternoons, while all of his classmates headed off either to Hebrew School or Catechism. At first, his teacher gives him dullish duties involving classroom cleanup. Eventually, she assigns him Shakespeare, which helps him relate (as does Treasure Island) to the types of challenges seventh graders are forced to face. Throughout the year (the story chapters are organized by month), Holling deals with many issues: a Vietnamese classmate, a bully, romance, teachers (sometimes cranky, more often, inspiring and supportive), and his parents. Escaped rats elevate the humor level in this story set during troubled times (which includes the assassination of two important U.S. leaders). Author Gary D. Schmidt does a spot on job of developing his characters.
Both best and worst of the book: a silver lining in every single solitary cloud (okay...except one). The book on CD, performed by Joel Johnstone, is excellent, though I enjoyed reading it myself the second time around. Also good: To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson, and The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins.
| | | | Toads Beatles and Bats!! We didn't want this book to end! Oct 17, 2009 |
My 12 year old daughter and I read this book together. We stayed up past our bedtimes laughing our heads off! The story really touches the reader in many ways. After reading this book we hope to try our first "stab" at Shakespeare, as my daughter is now very curious about him.
Thanks for writing such a funny, emotional historical book. It gave me a chance to speak about the tumultuous times in the US to my daughter regarding the Vietnam War, Martin Luther King and Bobby Kennedy. I believe all of us have known kids like these growing up, especially Doug Swietecks brother. I will recommend this book to my daughter's teachers. We look forward to reading many more of your books!! Please write a sequel! | | | | Innocent coming of age story Oct 4, 2009 |
| Holling Hoodhood, a middle-schooler is growing up in Long Island during the early 1970's - Vietnam War period. His insensitive "Archie Bunker" like father rarely comes to his defense. He finds solace in taking after school lessons in Shakespeare from his beloved English teacher, and joining the track team. A budding romance for him is fraught with tension as his father and the father of his girlfriend are business rivals. The book ends with a dramatic connection between him and his sister, as the father continues to fail to forge a bond with his son, and his mother helplessly simpers by her husband's side. An interesting read - though I wondered where it was going in parts, the build to the resolution with the sister was pleasant and not entirely expected. Dad remains a self-absorbed, business-driven jerk to the bitter end -- a sad truth for many kids of that generation. I suspect that the story is semi-autobiographical. | | | Write your own review about The Wednesday Wars
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